{"id":3608,"date":"2020-07-07T09:40:40","date_gmt":"2020-07-07T13:40:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/grad\/?page_id=3608"},"modified":"2026-02-09T08:24:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T13:24:26","slug":"communication-resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/grad\/cd-pd\/phd\/communication-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Writing &#038; Communication Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Several offices at BU provide writing and communication support for doctoral students across the disciplines.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pdpa\/for-doctoral-students\/phd-writing-support\/\">PhD Writing Support<\/a><br \/>\nGraduate &amp; Postdoctoral Success (GPS) provides writing support for doctoral students in a variety of ways, including the badges on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/gps\/phd-progression\/core-capacities\/\">Communication Skills<\/a> available via PhD Progression.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/grad\/cd-pd\/phd\/communication-resources\/writing-and-communications-workshops\/\">Writing and Communications Workshops<\/a><br \/>\nGraduate &amp; Postdoctoral Success (GPS) offers a variety of workshops for current doctoral students on writing and communications strategies. They offer sessions focused on various aspects of writing dissertations, articles, grants and fellowships, professional communications, and job applications as well as presentation methods, public speaking, and communication methods. Discover recordings and presentations from past workshops, as well as information on upcoming events.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/prsocial\/\">BU Public Relations &amp; Social Media<\/a><br \/>\nBU Public Relations\/Social Media has a huge number of resources on its website regarding best practices in promoting your research and engaging target audiences. Learn about creating a pitch for investors or writing an op-ed from their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/researchsupport\/project-lifecycle\/promote-your-work\/telling-story-your-research\/\">Strategic Communications Workshops<\/a>.\u00a0 Discover how to develop a social media strategy or do a social media takeover from their helpful <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/prsocial\/best-practices\/social-media\/\">guides<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Toastmasters<br \/>\nToastmasters is a nonprofit organization devoted to helping people improve their public speaking skills. Two Toastmasters groups hold meetings at Boston University. The <a href=\"https:\/\/geekspeak.toastmastersclubs.org\/directions.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Geek Speak Toastmasters Club<\/a> meets on the Charles River Campus, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/1971671.toastmastersclubs.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BUMC Toastmasters Club<\/a> meets on the Medical Campus.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facultydiversity.org\/join\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Center for Faculty Development &amp; Diversity<\/a>\nBoston University currently has an institutional membership to the NCFDD, which provides resources focused on time management, developing a daily writing practice, overcoming writing resistance, and more.\n--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several offices at BU provide writing and communication support for doctoral students across the disciplines. PhD Writing Support Graduate &amp; Postdoctoral Success (GPS) provides writing support for doctoral students in a variety of ways, including the badges on Communication Skills available via PhD Progression. Writing and Communications Workshops Graduate &amp; Postdoctoral Success (GPS) offers a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12963,"featured_media":0,"parent":661,"menu_order":15,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/grad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3608"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/grad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/grad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/grad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12963"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/grad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3608"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/grad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3608\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8093,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/grad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3608\/revisions\/8093"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/grad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/grad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}